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Level Up! | How Nintendo drives people to video game piracy

By Sinéad McDevitt, Digital Manager • March 16, 2023

In this edition of Level Up! Digital Manager Sinéad McDevitt argues that shutting down the 3DS and WiiU eShops is another way in which Nintendo’s actions lead to an increase in piracy because they provide no legal method to play their games.

Running a town in quarantine: ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’

By Diana Velasquez, Senior Staff Writer • March 25, 2020

Ashley Martin is spending the next few weeks fishing, collecting bugs and doing chores for her neighbors. But Martin’s not even stepping outside.

Gotta catch ’em all: How to keep yourself healthy for finals, Pokémon-style

By Stephanie Roman / Staff Writer • December 8, 2014

Finals week looms ahead like the Elite Four, and the path there is the same: Victory Road. In between studying and playing the new Pokémon games, recall the lessons you learned in Trainers’ School....

Nintendo at 125: our gaming expert reflects

By Stephanie Roman / Staff Writer • September 3, 2014

Ask a parent, or anyone over the age of 50, to name one character from a video game. Was the answer “Mario?” Whether you saved the princess as Jumpman in “Donkey Kong” at the arcade in 1981, picked...